Our life and times in Mui Wo and Man Kok Tsui, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

30 May 2017

Nearly fledged

About 3 weeks old

Wong Dai or 17 year old Orange Winged Amazon. Greedily mops up the left over baby bird formula

Falling asleep on my hand after being fed

Our cockatiels have bravely tried to raise three broods this year. The first batch of eggs were patiently sat on for four weeks but none hatched so we removed them. Yet three weeks later they were busy brooding a second clutch. This time three of the eggs hatched but all three only survived a week or so. After that we removed the nest box as we did not want them to keep laying and laying but they found a way and a third set of eggs were duly laid. This time three hatched but only one has survived. We suspect the nest box they have used was too small and cramped and only the strongest was getting noticed in the scrum inside. Anyhow, this little chap (or chappess) is all but ready to leave the nest box.